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Subject complement vs. (optional) adverbial

Hi!
In class today, we were given a sentence to analyze by means of the SPOCA. After pondering this for quite some time, I find myself unsure of what is actually a subject complement and what is an adverbial here. The sentence is as follows:

"This is a different book from the one you recommended in your paper"

My original idea was that <a different book from the one you recommended> is the subject complement and that <in your paper> is an optional adverbial, but after discussing this with a friend I find myself uncertain of where the subject complement ends and the adverbial begins. My friend expressed total certainty in his analysis of <a different book> as the subject complement, and <from the one you recommended> and <in your paper> as two individual optional adverbials. Can anyone tell me if we're both completely clueless, or if one of us is onto something?

Re: Subject complement vs. (optional) adverbial

So, according to your breakdown, the three last elements would all be individual, optional adverbials in a SPOCA analysis? My idea was that <from the one you recommended> is the postmodifier in the noun phrase that realizes the subject complement, which I believe to be <a different book from the one you recommended>. This postmodifier is in turn realized by the embedded prepositional phrase <from the one> and the embedded, finite, nominal zero relative clause <you recommended> ("that" having been ellipted).

Or I might just be tripping.

Thanks so much for taking the time to answer, by the way!

Last edited by rebamaniac; 14-Feb-2012 at 17:44.
Reason: Forgot to add thank you's

Re: Subject complement vs. (optional) adverbial

Thank you so much again; I will definitely post my question in that forum if no one can answer it here. And thank you for welcoming me; I stumbled upon this forum by accident, and it seems like a great, friendly and not to mention resourceful place.

P.S. Spelling analyze with a "z" is the way to go; American spelling for the win, I say!